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Hours after he took his message down to the ground in states like colorado, nevada and florida. he sat down for interviews with local tv reporters, most in critical states that could make or break his bid for re-election. republican rival mitt romney is going local, as well. about to embark on that bus tour that's going to take him through some of those all-important states. before boarding the bus friday, he's getting hit with a new obama ad. once again, targeting his massachusetts record. when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts was number one. number one in state debt. $18 billion in ...

How are you? >> good. i want to start off with another negative ad that you have. in may, you rightfully pushed back that it was a media creation that you guys were all negative, because on the air, i would say you were 90% negative, 10% positive. that is not the case anymore and june has been a lot of negative ads. you have a new one out this morning. here's a quick clip of it, and then i want to ask you a question on the other side. >> when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts was number one. number one in state debt. $18 billion in debt. more debt per person than any other state in the c...

Governor, massachusetts was number one, number one in state debt. $18 billion in debt, more debt per person than any other state in the country. at the same time massachusetts fell to 47th in job creation, one of the worst economic records in the country. first in debt, 47th in job creation. that's romney economics. it didn't work then, it won't work now. >> mike, it seems to me a great ad. >> it's a very effective ad. i'm sure the romney campaign, as we spoke earlier, will have a response to it. the 47th in terms of job creation, they'll probably come back and say the unemployment rate was 4....

Romney's record as massachusetts governor. here's a look. >> when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts was number one. number one in state debt. $18 billion in debt. more debt per person than any other state in the country. at the same time, massachusetts fell to 47th in job creation. >> the romney campaign has responded moments ago in a statement about the ad. quote, president obama has overseen $1 trillion deficits, soaring national debt, and the first credit downgrade in history. mitt romney, on the other hand, closeded a $3 billion budget shortfall, balanced four budgets, left a $2 bill...

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